The Inventhor 9 turns heads at Growing Beds

Established in 2002 by Mark Evans and Isobel Wootton Evans, Growing Beds Recycling Services (GBRS) is a leading provider of organic waste recycling services and solutions.

Fully Licensed by the Environmental Agency, the company works with local authorities and private firms across the UK to provide high quality recycling and processing techniques to help meet today’s ambitious recycling targets. Situated close to the M1 and A1M motorways near Bedford, GBRS specialise in green and wood waste recycling, composting, biomass production and contract shredding. The company have run both high-speed and slow-speed Doppstadt shredders as part of their green and wood waste recycling operation for many years. However, due to continued growth of the business and an increase in material arriving at their facility, they decided it was time invest in a larger machine with higher throughput. Previously running three machines between their green and wood waste processing, they decided to look at the Doppstadt Inventhor 9 slow-speed shredder. After taking the machine on demo from Blue Central they soon realised that their three machines could be reduced to one, increasing their throughput and efficiency, whilst reducing their servicing, spare parts, and fuel costs. After a few days of demonstrations, GBRS decided it wouldn’t be going back! Engineered for the most demanding of tasks, whether you’re shredding waste wood, domestic waste, bulky waste or mixed construction waste, the Inventhor 9 can do it all. Doppstadt are widely recognised for their innovative designs, and you’ll find innovations everywhere you look on the Inventhor 9. Its VarioDirect Drive continuously transmits power to the shredding drum so that the engine always runs at optimum operating point, and the reverse cleaning cycle removes any blockages from around the drum, reducing maintenance and downtime.

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GBRS use the Inventhor 9 daily to shred their green waste when it arrives onto site, which is the start of their PAS100 composting process. When it’s not working on green waste it will be used to process wood waste on site, and it has also recently been used to shred bulky waste. The machines’ specific settings allows the company to change the set up when moving over from one material to another. This is imperative when working on their wood waste as they must meet strict product guidelines to produce biomass fuel for their clients. Owner at GBRS, Mark Evans, sat down with us to discuss his Inventhor 9 and the role it is playing within his operation: “We have been blown away by the performance of this machine, it regularly shreds a busy yard free of green wase within a day. We have also been using it to shred bulky waste, and the machines’ ability to process whatever we throw its way has been very pleasing.” When asked about the features on the machine, Mark said: “We really saw the benefits of its self-cleaning mechanism when it was processing bulky waste on a recent contracting job. The machines’ new casing concept makes accessing all areas incredibly easy. We have benefitted from being able to free material trapped around the shaft as a result of this. Making the change from red to white diesel and having to accept these increasing prices has been tough, however, the Inventhor 9 is much more efficient than the shredders we have ran in the past and it’s doing its part to help the business financially”. Finally, Mark went on to comment on the service provided by Blue Machinery: “The machine has had very little down time, but on the rare occasion that it has been, Blue’s aftermarket team were top class as always. I have known Sean and the team at Blue Central for a long time and we will continue to work closely for our machine needs at GBRS”.